Ebook219 pages2 hours
Witch Catcher
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
About this ebook
When her widower father inherits a castlelike estate in the mountains of West Virginia, 12-year-old Jen is thrilled. It seems like a wish come true. But she quickly realizes that not all change is positive. Her dad has a mysterious new girlfriend, Moura, who slowly drives a wedge between Jen and her father. Furthermore, Moura has an unusually strong—almost obsessive—interest in the antiques that fill the mansion, especially a beautiful glass globe that Jen finds hanging in a window. When Jen’s cat accidentally breaks the globe, which Moura calls a “witch catcher,” strange things begin to happen. . . .
An odd-looking girl wearing a torn dress appears, seemingly out of nowhere, and Moura’s behavior becomes more sinister, leading Jen to believe that her father is a pawn in an evil scheme. Soon Jen finds herself caught in the midst of a supernatural war, with the fate of an enchanted race—and her family—at stake.
Inspired by the age-old legend of witch catchers, Mary Downing Hahn brings a magical cast of characters to life in this compelling fantasy adventure. Author’s note.
An odd-looking girl wearing a torn dress appears, seemingly out of nowhere, and Moura’s behavior becomes more sinister, leading Jen to believe that her father is a pawn in an evil scheme. Soon Jen finds herself caught in the midst of a supernatural war, with the fate of an enchanted race—and her family—at stake.
Inspired by the age-old legend of witch catchers, Mary Downing Hahn brings a magical cast of characters to life in this compelling fantasy adventure. Author’s note.
Author
Mary Downing Hahn
Mary Downing Hahn’s many acclaimed novels include such beloved ghost stories as Wait Till Helen Comes, Deep and Dark and Dangerous, and Took. A former librarian, she has received more than fifty child-voted state awards for her work. She lives in Columbia, Maryland, with a cat named Nixi.
Read more from Mary Downing Hahn
The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Deep and Dark and Dangerous Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Took: A Ghost Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Lovely Bad Ones Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One for Sorrow: A Ghost Story Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Closed for the Season Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Guest: A Changeling Tale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Old Willis Place Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhere I Belong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hear the Wind Blow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As Ever, Gordy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Promises to the Dead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dead Man in Indian Creek Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Daphne's Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tallahassee Higgins Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Witch Catcher
Related ebooks
The Old Willis Place Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Closed for the Season Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUncle Montague's Tales of Terror Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Time of the Witch Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Where I Belong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tallahassee Higgins Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Daphne's Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Promises to the Dead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hear the Wind Blow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Little Monsters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sugar Hall: A Ghost Story Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ghost at Dusk Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5All Signs Point to Hell: All Signs Point to Hell, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLook for Me by Moonlight Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ghost House Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Thirteenth Cat Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Come Little Children Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Figurehead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Haunting of Manor Lodge Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Apartment 239 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCrybaby Bridge: Slaughter in a Small Town Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSnowball: A Christmas Horror Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExit The Skin Palace Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Make a Golem (and Terrify People) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Symposium of the Reaper Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNo Winners in Hell: Scary Tales in Five Hundred Words or Less Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Children's Fantasy & Magic For You
Howl's Moving Castle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Graveyard Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hobbit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Phantom Tollbooth Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dark Is Rising Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alice in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Coraline Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Horse and His Boy: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bridge to Terabithia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prince Caspian: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Keeper of the Lost Cities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Over Sea, Under Stone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Exile Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Last Battle: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Chocolate Touch Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Into the Wild: Warriors #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amari and the Night Brothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unlocked Book 8.5 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Three Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silver Chair: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nightfall Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret Garden: The 100th Anniversary Edition with Tasha Tudor Art and Bonus Materials Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The School for Good and Evil: Now a Netflix Originals Movie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alice In Wonderland: The Original 1865 Unabridged and Complete Edition (Lewis Carroll Classics) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrimm's Fairy Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fortunately, the Milk Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Witch Catcher
Rating: 4.023255813953488 out of 5 stars
4/5
43 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When my granddaughter messaged me that she had found another Mary Downing Hahn book she wanted I bought it. You know how it goes, you order a book then find several more by the author that you need/want to read. This was one of those jewels. What drew me in was the difference in the subject matter. Hahn is known for her ghost stories. In this book, we meet Jen and her father who have just moved into a house her dad inherited. It is full of antique artifacts from his eccentric uncle. Jen disobeys her father and visits the tower behind their house. There she finds a glass globe that she takes back to her house and hides. Jen is surprised to learn that when her father had come to this small town to work on the house he had met an antique dealer and started a relationship with her. Jen is not thrilled. She is even more upset when she meets Moura. Something doesn't seem right. Moura makes it clear that she wants the globe and knows that Jen has it. Jen's cat Tink accidentally breaks the globe releasing a fairy from inside. With Moura's reaction, the change in her father and Moura's mysterious friend Jen knows that she must get involved if she wants to save her dad and her new friend. I absolutely loved this book. Hahn has an author's note in the back that explains witch catchers and her fascination with them. I am sure my students are going to love this one.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A bit of a detour for Ms. Hahn. Whereas she usually weaves stories about the supernatural and ghosts, in this nice little read she ventures into the witch and fairy realm. A bit of personal history at the end of the story tells how she came up with the subject of this nice little read.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When Jen and her father move into an inherited house, she is hoping for adventure. What she gets is an Evil surprise, Moura, the love interest of her father. While Jen is exploring the tower on the property she discovers a blown glass ornament. Moura reveals to her that it is called a witch catcher. This particular one has the spirit of a fairy in it and when her cat accidentally breaks it, Jen enters a game of cat and mouse to put Moura in the witch catcher where she belong.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twelve-year old Jen couldn't be happier when she and her father move to the country to live in the old house they've inherited. Jen and her dad have been a twosome since her mother died, so Jen certainly isn't thrilled to find that her father has already developed a relationship with a local antiques dealer. But it isn't just jealousy that makes her suspicious of her father's new girlfriend Moura -- there's Moura's odd fascination with the pretty blown glass bulb, or "witch catcher," that belonged to Jen's great uncle. Not to mention, Moura's odd dog, her strange influence over Jen's dad, and the creepy man Moura brings to inspect the furniture. When the glass globe breaks and an oddly dressed, strangely speaking girl appears, Jen finds herself caught in the middle. With fairies on one side, and witches on the other, which group should she trust? Or should she really trust any of them?I wish Hahn had developed the characters just a bit more. Jen's dad is fairly one-dimensional, and Jen really isn't much better. Other than that, not a bad story, and the concept is clever.
Book preview
Witch Catcher - Mary Downing Hahn
n@c book_preview_excerpt.html \Ƒ}/^F-+.y%ˎcٮ:V~ Rԯ}tcUX6{±ϾMُ.5&G>}sYs!Ξ}s^geM6>a7/vχ
ܤCs6O<\M:X*˺j1ُ㮮7Uh:מ7^CMB.VK2qiXVEZ+<;jiPF볃
{_`>b/*3L:㖸Q'b:!?7|qf4林ݳ鳛'pX8uO?{vٳǟ!w.?N?7n=~h~E!9gBD ''N3x;?~t:н7rC8TE8ion37FN/VK:DݛD> 8CZi" klWX*Gj}0 h(~q8la}y`wcUY]d ' O1օSF6}^Ӝ{ @hyᲮvX |Bd$"ηs>>ĢjsÝnlO.tvB\a9~+?Լ/ϿP$m>qypoenlpL7 :e]?xt֚LChz[bO`_̎'dOg{ǖTE:*Vv»a_8B/W-/kà93 ^\~!8A_j}hٖroV{{qI:8'(=u?:i $N^xkky[&ԪRڀ⻪="%I:,&|U K .d>syGXci_!!
ARl)LCKZ;o' -Χ>a*߬@
8L<ˀ=e`笩&=ģ\` znAӎSc~aMr){j
)* {V\(Rpz `5QӁ@v_-gdV3O>VȷWtƙڦURZn\BC'